Dobson, Kathy, and J. Hunsinger. “The Political Economy of WikiLeaks: Transparency and Accountability through Digital and Alternative Media. Submitted to the Canadian Journal of Communication on September 1, 2014.

Introductions and shorter contribution

Hunsinger, Jeremy and Theresa Senft. “Introduction”. in The Handbook of Social Media. ed. by Jeremy Hunsinger and Theresa Senft.Routledge, NYC, NY. 2013 p.1-4

2009 “Science in Virtual Worlds: the Interplay of Interactivity and Information”. Infoscape Research Lab. Ryerson University.

2008 “Norms and Meaning in Virtual Worlds”. Workshop on Emerging Norms, Laws, and Ethics in Virtual Worlds, Sponsored by AAAS, ABA Science and Technology Law, and the Sandra Day O’Connor School of Law.

2008 “Perspectives on the future of Second Life and other virtual spaces for education”. Vbusiness Expo. In Second Life.

2007 “Policy Appliances: Pushing the Politics and Political Economy of Globalization in the Information Age”. Department of Communication Colloquium, University of Illinois at Chicago.

2007 “New Trends in E-Teaching: Second Life”. e-Teaching Symposium. University of Illinois at Chicago

2007 “The Policy Appliance as a Globalizing Influence in the Information Political Economy”. Faculty of Information Studies Colloquium, University of Toronto.

2003 “Ethical implications of Three Advanced Research Technologies”. Digital Aesthetics and Communications, Information Technology University of Copenhagen.

2008 “Web 2.0”. Taking it to the web: political participation in the internet age. Choices and Challenges,Virginia Tech, USA.

2008 “Information and conflict”. Taking it to the web: political participation in the internet age. Choices and Challenges, Virginia Tech, USA.

2008 “Policy Appliances: pushing the politics and political economy of globalization in the information age”. Thinking Critically: Alternative Perspectives and Methods in Information Studies. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Milkwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.

Software Designed/Authored

2006 Mediawiki as Courseware modifications

2004 Drupal implementation for academic departments

2004 Virtual Learning Environment based on Drupal-Ed CMS

2004 OLMA Chat system

2002 Recursive Database API for Data-gathering in Research Projects

2001 Web-based Research Tool with Rafael Arancibia

2001 Textual Analysis Tool and Search Engine with Rafael Arancibia

2001 Application Framework for Web Systems with Rafael Arancibia

2001 Advanced Conference Management System with Rafael Arancibia

2001 Group Authoring and Publishing System for Community Arts Network with Rafael Arancibia

2001 Knowledge Management/Community System with Rafael Arancibia

2000 Roommate Listing Service

2000 Expertise Portal System with Rafael Arancibia

2000 E-print Exchange System

1999 Peer Review System

1999 Web Link Management System

1999 Conference Listing Service System

1999 Circular Encyclopedia System with Kim Gausepol

1999 Academic Conference Organizing System with Kim Gausepol

International Proposals, Standards, and Recommendations

2002. (Co-authored as member of the AoIR ethics working committee). Ethical decision- making and internet research: recommendations from the aoir ethics working committee. Available online: http://www.aoir.org/reports/ethics.pdf.

Finished 2013: “#Occupy Twitter: A Content Analysis of Toronto Activists’ Use of Twitter During the Occupy Movement”. Robert Woodrich. Reader, Department of Communication Studies

Finished 2012: . “Social Media for Social Change: A Critical Analysis of the Formation of Social Movement Campaigns on YouTube and an Examination of the Phenomenon of Celebrity within the It Gets Better Project”. Dan Towers. Supervisor, Department of Communication Studies

Finished 2010: “Social Networking and the Web Campaign: Observations from the 2010 Election for the U.S. House of Representatives”. Mark Oliver.Second Reader, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Department of Political Science, (Master’s Thesis)

Graduate courses: by year

2014 CS601 Research Methods in Communication Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University